There was a moment of silence in the room. Hua Shi looked nervously at Xuan Shuzhi sitting in his seat, his hands clenched into fists as if waiting for the final judgment of hope.
Xuan Shuzhi looked at Hua Shi's reaction thoughtfully, as if he was thinking about something in his mind.
Until Yi Zhan couldn't stand this atmosphere anymore, he took the initiative to say to Xuan Shuzhi: "Just tell him quickly."
Xuan Shuzhi glanced at Yi Zhan, who immediately shut up. He was always very alert in this regard, knowing when Xuan Shuzhi was in a good mood and when he shouldn't say too much. He shrugged helplessly at Hua Shi, and stood behind Yi Zhan.
It was not until this time that Xuan Shuzhi finally spoke slowly to Hua Shi: "You think if you had left earlier, or if you had not agreed to go check the black snake's trail, he wouldn't have gotten into trouble, right?"
Hua Shi's body stiffened slightly, and after a while he nodded gently: "It's my fault that I didn't protect him well."
Xuan Shuzhi chuckled: "Don't be silly, he doesn't need anyone's protection, and you can't protect him with your strength."
His words made Hua Shi clench his hands hanging at his sides even tighter. Hua Shi had no way of saying anything in rebuttal because this was the fact.
"Master, you have known his identity for a long time, right?" Hua Shi asked, looking up, his voice much weaker and deeper than before.
Xuan Shuzhi did not deny it: "Yes, I couldn't confirm it at first, but I knew it when I saw the token in your hand."
Hua Shi recalled the token he had brought back from Ningshan with the help of Liu Qishuang. It was said to be the token left by the first generation of the Spiritual Dao Master. He suddenly remembered this and found the token on his body, and asked in a low voice, "Is this it?"
Xuan Shuzhi stared at the token in silence for a long while, but Yi Zhan couldn't help but be slightly moved. Unlike Xuan Shuzhi, this was the first time he saw Hua Shi carrying this token.
He looked at Hua Shi hesitantly and said, "This token is actually in your hands..."
Xuan Shuzhi then said to Hua Shi: "This token was missing for a long time, and he is the only one who knows where it is. Now he is giving it to you in the hope that you can inherit everything from him."
Hua Shi shook his head fiercely: "I don't want to inherit anything, I just want him to come back to life. Master, you just said that you can bring him back to life."
Xuan Shuzhi hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid I can't bring him back to life."
Hua Shi's face turned pale, and he almost rushed to Xuan Shuzhi. He supported the table in front of him with both hands, and his tone was anxious and almost unnoticeable with tears: "But you clearly asked Senior Wen Zhong to tell me that you can..."
Xuan Shuzhi comforted Hua Shi in a gentle tone, "I said there is a way to save him, not a way to bring him back to life."
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment, seemingly unable to immediately understand Xuan Shuzhi's meaning, but his reaction was always fast, and soon he widened his eyes, his hands almost trembling slightly, and he almost overturned Xuan Shuzhi's table because of his big movements: "Master, you, you mean..."
He stopped talking suddenly here, not knowing what to say next. Or perhaps he was afraid that speaking out would ruin his hopes, and he was unable to say the words for a long time.
In the end, Xuan Shuzhi smiled and nodded, saying, "He wasn't dead in the first place, so he naturally doesn't need to come back to life."
Hua Shi's eyes were red, and when he heard this, his eyes were red, and tears almost immediately slid down his cheeks. No one expected this, even Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan were stunned, the two looked at each other, first Xuan Shuzhi raised his eyebrows to hint, then Yi Zhan shook his head again and again to silently indicate that he couldn't do it, the two shirked each other, both of them were masters of the evil ways in the past, either planning or overcoming difficulties, but no one could do anything about comforting people.
Fortunately, Hua Shi did not need their comfort. Although he was crying, he did not show any weakness. He just quickly raised his hand to wipe away his tears, stared at Xuan Shuzhi with his red eyes and said, "Master, please tell me quickly, where is he now, how can I save him?"
Xuan Shuzhi said, "What followed you before was just a trace of his spiritual consciousness. That day, he used up all his strength to stop the black snake, so his spiritual consciousness dissipated. Now, his consciousness should have returned to his body, so you don't have to worry about his safety."
But Hua Shi was not really relieved by Xuan Shuzhi's words. Just hearing that Liu Qishuang was imprisoned made him worried. Even if Xuan Shuzhi said he didn't have to worry about his safety, he couldn't calm down at all.
If he was imprisoned in a prison, what would that prison look like? Was it cold and scary, and what kind of torture was waiting for him?
Is Liu Qishuang doing well now? Is she being bullied?
Hua Shi had no way to stop imagining. He could not truly feel at ease as long as he could not see Liu Qishuang for a moment.
He quickly asked, "What can I do? How can I rescue him as soon as possible?"
Xuan Shuzhi was not surprised that Hua Shi was so nervous about Liu Qishuang, but he still couldn't help but feel curious: "You already knew his identity?"
He thought that the Evil Lord should have hidden his identity very well, and because of the Evil Lord's previous arrangement, they never dared to reveal themselves in front of Fang Wei. As a result, these guys, who were supposed to be evil people, had to put on a righteous appearance in front of Hua Shi.
If they had known that Hua Shi had already figured out the evil master's identity, why would they have pretended so hard?
Hua Shi only realized that he had never mentioned this matter when he heard them say this, and even in front of Liu Qishuang, he deliberately avoided talking about it for various reasons. At that time, he thought that as long as he continued to drag it on like this, as long as he believed that Liu Qishuang was the "system", then Liu Qishuang would be able to accompany him forever, and he could always get along with Liu Qishuang like this, let Liu Qishuang have a good impression of him, and then slowly let the other party like him.
But who could have thought that their separation would be so hasty, and he didn't even have the time to tell Liu Qishuang the words hidden in his heart.
If he had known this would happen, he should have said everything. He should have been more decisive and treated Liu Qishuang with the same attitude to protect him, instead of pretending to be ignorant of the other person's identity and trying to test the other person with words every day and secretly seek closeness.
But it was useless to think so much now. Hua Shi said in a dull voice: "Yes, I knew it a long time ago. I guessed it after returning from Yuan Lake that time."
Xuan Shuzhi raised his eyes suddenly when he heard this: "That time?"
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment, then nodded honestly: "Yeah."
Yi Zhan was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xuan Shuzhi shook his head and quickly changed the subject. He said to Hua Shi with an unprecedented seriousness, "You just said you wanted to save him. I'm telling you now. He once said that you are the only one in the world who can save him from that prison. Ji Yuan can't do it, Lu Yao can't do it, and neither can Yi Zhan and I. Only you can do it."
Hua Shi almost felt like a big prize had hit him on the head. His heartbeat suddenly quickened. As if he couldn't believe it, he pointed at himself and repeatedly confirmed, "Is it really me? Why is it me? Can I really do this?"
"Whether you can do it or not is up to you to decide. No one else's words will do any good." Xuan Shuzhi finally stood up slowly at this time. He came to the window and looked at the disciples running around outside. He squinted his eyes and felt the warm light coming in from the window. He then continued, "As for why it was you, it's probably because of the luck that no one else has. Perhaps only a child of luck like you can freely enter and exit any dangerous place without worrying about being trapped and unable to escape."
Xuan Shuzhi turned around and looked at Hua Shi in the sidelight: "Why else do you think he would come to you?"
Hua Shi listened to Xuan Shuzhi's words stiffly, muttering, "Is that so?"
Xuan Shuzhi was so focused on saying those words before that he only remembered now that he seemed to be too eager to ask Hua Shi to save people and ignored Hua Shi's feelings. He didn't want Fang Wei to be thought to have approached Hua Shi and deceived him just to be rescued, because in his opinion, the experience and care Fang Wei had spent on Hua Shi was definitely worth the sincere treatment from Hua Shi. So he changed his words and said, "Actually, he..."
"So he came to find me because I'm the only person in the world who can help him?" Hua Shi blinked. Although his eyes were still red, his emotions were gradually rising because of Xuan Shuzhi's continuous narration. "So it was destined that I would meet him, right?"
Xuan Shuzhi: “…”
He coughed lightly, and continued Hua Shi's words: "You can say that."
Only now did he realize that what Hua Shi cared about in his heart seemed to be subtly different from what he thought.
Hua Shi had no idea what Xuan Shuzhi was thinking about. He was now worried and had been thinking about what Xuan Shuzhi had just said. He was wondering how Liu Qishuang had broken free from the restraints and separated that wisp of consciousness in the desperate moment of being imprisoned. He was wondering under what circumstances he had placed all his hopes on him, an ordinary person who had not even started practicing at that time. He also wondered how many difficulties he had gone through to find him, and whether he had ever been disappointed because of his weak strength.
No, Liu Qishuang never despised him for being weak. On the contrary, he always helped him patiently. Even though he was sneaky at the beginning, he never blamed him and still accompanied him every day.
It was because he was too useless at the beginning that he was unable to stand up and protect his people at the critical moment.
The more Hua Shi thought about it, the more regretful he felt. This regret was written all over his face, and Xuan Shuzhi and Yi Zhan saw it clearly. Xuan Shuzhi said at the right time: "You don't have to worry too much. As long as you are strong enough, you can always save him."
We just have to do it before those black snakes make any other moves.
After telling Hua Shi that only by practicing to a stronger level could he rescue Xuan Shuzhi, Hua Shi had asked all the questions he needed to ask and without wasting any more time, he immediately turned around and continued practicing. Xuan Shuzhi then said that he would gather others to discuss taking Hua Shi to the Abyss of Disaster to rescue people as soon as possible. Although it was a bit of a stretch for Hua Shi to save people with his current strength, it would be better to give him another half a year to practice. But now the Black Snake's scourge was still not resolved. In order to prevent things from changing, they no longer had the opportunity to wait any longer.
Xuan Shuzhi said these words to Yi Zhan, asking him to go and inform other people. However, Yi Zhan agreed, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he was concerned about Xuan Shuzhi's reaction just now.
"When you were talking to Hua Shi before, you mentioned that Hua Shi knew the identity of the evil master after returning from Yuan Lake. Why did you seem to react strangely?"
Yi Zhan paid special attention to this scene, because Xuan Shuzhi has always been calm, and a reaction like this one is rare.
Hearing Yi Zhan's question, Xuan Shuzhi's expression became strange again, and he whispered, "I still remember that time when Hua Shi came back from Yuan Lake, he asked me about the Huiguangzhu illusion. He said that he saw someone in the illusion, and he remembered everything about that person in the dream clearly."
Yi Zhan was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xuan Shuzhi shook his head and sighed, "The Huiguang Pearl will never randomly pull people into dreams. Since Hua Shi dreamed of that person, it must mean that that person is extremely important to him, such as a family member or someone he likes."
Yi Zhan seemed to understand but not quite, still staring at Xuan Shuzhi.
Xuan Shuzhi said, "If I'm not mistaken, judging from Hua Shi's reaction, the person he saw in his dream should be the one he cares about and likes. And he just said that he determined the identity of the Evil Lord when he came back from Yuan Lake, so in this case, the Evil Lord is the one he likes."
It was not until this time that Yi Zhan finally understood what Xuan Shuzhi meant, but after he understood it, he opened his mouth but could not say anything.
They all saw Hua Shi's concern for Fang Wei just now, but Fang Wei was in trouble, not only Hua Shi, but all of them were in a very low mood, so even if they saw Hua Shi's reaction, Yi Zhan and others didn't think too much. It was not until now that he heard Xuan Shuzhi say this that he suddenly understood.
That kid actually had such thoughts about the Evil Master!
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